Galt's Gulch

Pay-Per-Glance

Posted by $ AJAshinoff 10 years, 8 months ago to Technology
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First off, I detest Google. I can give them credit for their ingenuity and creativity but I abhor their appetite violate privacy at any cost, solely to make buck. This pay-per-glance patent they applied for and received typifies my concerns and underscores the reason this company is so dangerous in my eyes.
SOURCE URL: http://mashable.com/2013/08/15/the-future-of-advertising-pay-per-gaze-is-just-the-beginning/

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  • Posted by $ rockymountainpirate 10 years, 8 months ago
    I think the google glass thing is just creepy. There was a Sliders TV show about a world with the haves constantly wired into the computer wearing what looks a lot like google glasses and the havenots locked out.
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  • Posted by iQDriver 10 years, 8 months ago
    Holy crap! This is scary. Coincidentally enough, I'm reading 1984. I think we need to figure out a way to keep up with the times & tech without subjecting ourselves to privacy infringement.
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    • Posted by $ AJAshinoff 10 years, 8 months ago
      The trouble is people are joyously accepting the technology (even paying a heftyprice for it!) and eagerly putting their most private information into the public cloud.
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      • Posted by $ rockymountainpirate 10 years, 8 months ago
        I totally agree with you. I have no sympathy for the narcissistic people who put their naked pictures and sex tapes on their computers and cell phones, then it suddenly ends up on youtube and the like. If you didn't put the pictures on your computer, the hacker wouldn't have found it and published it. Take some responsibility for your own stupidity people. Say it forget it, post it regret it.
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  • Posted by Rocky_Road 10 years, 8 months ago
    Scary stuff, in the wrong hands!

    Some would say that it is already in the wrong hands (read: Google)...and I would have to agree.

    Thanks for posting!
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  • Posted by LetsShrug 10 years, 8 months ago
    ...dangerous in your eyes... I think that might be where they're headed.
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    • Posted by $ AJAshinoff 10 years, 8 months ago
      Sadly, I have to agree. You can pervert this for-profit scheme to enforce a morality law. Consider, it becomes illegal to look at another mans wife or too look too long at a woman (like it is in Islam). These glance glassed could, since they are web-connected, determine who the woman is, whether she is married, and assess a fine or punishment for looking at her too long. There are a ton of seriously screwed up applications for this technology. What about my story "Public Welfare"? What if the government could monitor what overweight people look at and penalize them for coveting something they are not allowed by law to have. Slippery slope.
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  • Posted by $ Tap2Golf 10 years, 8 months ago
    Who, in their right mind, would want anyone to know all of their idle thoughts. This is potentially the ultimate invasion of privacy. I can honestly say I have had a few thoughts during my lifetime that I could have been arrested for. Hasn't everyone? Tracking implant and a google eye glass implant. End of story.
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    • Posted by $ AJAshinoff 10 years, 8 months ago
      Anyone want a free or super cheap pair of google glasses? Get rewards points from shopping with your google glasses? Receive premium content for using your google glasses regularly.That is how.
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